Turn Your Organizational Habits into a Solid Career

By Joe Taylor

Education Articles

You're organized. On your desk, in your kitchen, and in every other location that you have even one iota of control over--everything has its place. While it may never have seemed like a great thing to put on your resume, you could be missing out on some serious career opportunities. Check out the hottest career paths for highly organized people like yourself, learn all about the education--whether it be a college degree or a certificate--you need to break into one of these fields.

Health Care Training: Rewarding for Organized Professionals

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projected that the health care industry would add up to four million jobs from 2006 to 2016. In addition, investigators and critics have demanded that employers do more to address mistakes and delays in care caused by overworked or disorganized professionals. Because of this, many hospitals and private practices have raised the bar for new hires, seeking out the most motivated and organized applicants. Graduates of nursing certificate programs gain exposure to the latest tools that help organize medication dispensing, shift rotations, and patient monitoring.

Over 587,000 of the jobs created in the health care sector will be for registered nurses. Though the 2008 BLS survey reports the median annual salary for registered nurses at $57,280, highly organized nurses with college degrees can earn their way into the top ten percent of their field, earning over $83,000 per year. Nursing training programs that emphasize technology and high degrees of organization can help prospective nurses land some of the best new jobs in this growing field.

Learn Cutting-Edge Writing Techniques in an Online Certificate Program

BLS analysts project that the "information supersector" will grow by over six percent before 2016. Despite declines in employment at traditional newspapers, magazines, and broadcast outlets, the Internet has created tremendous new opportunities for highly organized specialists. According to experts Steve Pavlina and Darren Rowse, professional online writers can manage blogs that earn over $100,000 per year. BLS data places the median annual salary for a full-time writer at $48,640.

Whether self-employed or working for an established publisher, successful writers must combine technical skills with the discipline required to meet ongoing deadlines. An online certificate program in writing can help prospective "probloggers" develop the authoritative voices required to capture both readers and advertisers. Likewise, business training programs geared for creative professionals can help writers learn how to run profitable publishing and service businesses.

Management Training: Market Your Organizational Skills

Managers, consultants, and business support professionals all stand to see major gains in new jobs from 2006 through 2016, according to BLS projections. Some of the fastest growing niches reward technicians who take the time to complete management training, such as:

Waste management and remediation. As Americans work harder to craft more effective ways to combat pollution and to minimize landfill usage, contractors require managers who understand how to motivate and innovate. According to the BLS, the mean annual salary for administrative services managers in this industry is $69,930
Employment services. BLS analysts ranked employment and human resources management as the second fastest growing career segment in the country. A recent salary survey reported the median annual wage of recruitment and placement specialists as $42,420, with the highest ten percent of professionals earning over $81,860

In these fields, as well as in any industry, management training programs can hone natural organizational instincts into the kind of leadership discipline required at today's most successful companies. A growing number of employers subsidize the cost of online certificate programs or even college degrees in management, to help develop strong talent within their organizations.

Throughout the American economy, businesses routinely reward employees who leverage strong organizational skills. Certificate programs help students develop the discipline to filter those skills through the technical requirements of a new job. Thanks to innovative online certification courses, working adults can invest in their careers without sacrificing employer or family commitments.

About the Author
Author and business coach, Joe Taylor Jr. helps professionals change careers. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Communications from Ithaca College.

Featured Schools

Matching School Ads

University of Phoenix

At University of Phoenix, we believe everyone deserves access to higher education.

Visit www.phoenix.edu

Campus Locations:

Online

Programs:

Graduate Project Management Certificate
M.S. in Administration of Justice and security/Global Homeland Security

USC School of Social Work

The USC School of Social Work’s MSW@USC offers the opportunity to earn a Master of Social Work degree through the Virtual Academic Center without relocating to Southern California.

Visit msw.usc.edu

Campus Locations:

Online

Programs:

Master of Social Work

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division

Your creativity is a big part of who you are and where you’re going. To take it, and your future, as far as you want, you need an education that’s focused on developing your talents and putting you on the path toward the creative career that stirs your imagination. A collaborative education at The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur, a branch of The Art Institute of Atlanta, is all about the work, the students who create it, and the instructors who guide them.

The first step is to explore these areas of study, and think about where you fit in an industry that runs on ideas.

Campus Locations: